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Revelers light firecrackers as dancers perform a dragon dance during the Chinese New Year's Eve celebration in Binondo. Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News/File

Revelers light firecrackers as dancers perform a dragon dance during the Chinese New Year's eve celebration in Binondo, the Chinatown district of Manila, on February 4, 2019. Filipino-Chinese across the nation welcomed the Year of the Pig. Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173554400117520190205-chinese-new-year-bhs.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Revelers light firecrackers as dancers perform a dragon dance during the Chinese New Year&#x27;s Eve celebration in Binondo. <em>Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Firecracker-related injuries rose to 163 after the Department of Health recorded 21 new cases on December 30, a day before New Year’s Eve.</p><p>The DOH said the number was 44 percent higher than the 113 total cases it logged during the same period last year.</p><p>Minors and teenagers remain the majority of victims of the firecracker incidents, said the agency.</p><p>It also noted that the majority of the cases were caused by illegal firecrackers such as <em>boga </em>or PVC cannon, 5-star, and piccolo.</p><p>The health agency in a Facebook post reiterated its opposition to the use of firecrackers to ring in the new year.</p><p>It also advocated for safer New Year celebrations with the use of horns and other alternative noisemakers.</p><p>The DOH earlier warned that using firecrackers could lead to amputation of body parts, blindness, hearing loss, poisoning, burns, permanent lung damage, and even death from severe injuries.</p><p>On Sunday, the Philippine National Police said it was <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/29/pnp-prepares-for-injuries-fire-incidents-during-new-year-revelries-1557">ready to respond to individuals who would be injured by firecrackers </a>during New Year celebrations.</p><p>PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said the police were prepared to provide first aid for firecracker-related injuries and respond to fire incidents together with local fire protection units.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7aytNQcvtvE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></div>

<p>Firecracker-related injuries rose to 163 after the Department of Health recorded 21 new cases on December 30, a day before New Year’s Eve.</p>

Firecracker-related injuries rose to 163 after the Department of Health recorded 21 new cases on December 30, a day before New Year’s Eve.

Firecracker injuries rise to 163 ahead of New Year's Eve — DOH

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Firecracker injuries rise to 163 ahead of New Year's Eve — DOH

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published December 30, 2024 03:44 PM PHT

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